Donald Trump’s Mexico border wall will cost £17 BILLION and will take more than three years to complete
DONALD Trump's Mexican border wall will cost £17bn and take three and a half years to build, a shock leaked report has revealed.
The US Department of Homeland Security's estimate, uncovered by Reuters, is nearly TWICE the £9.5bn figure dished out by the President during his campaign.
Its plan says the construction should take place in three stages and be made up of both fences and walls covering just over 1,250 miles by the end of 2020.
With 654 miles already fortified, the Trump wall would cover nearly the entire border under the Homeland Security proposals.
A DHS spokeswoman refused to comment on the existence of "predecisional" documents.
A White House spokeswoman said it would be “premature” to comment on a report that has not officially been presented to the President.
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Trump has said Mexico will be forced to pay for the wall either through an agreement or via a sky-high export tax.
He told law enforcement officials on Wednesday: "The wall is getting designed right now."
The report accounted for the time and cost of acquiring private land, one reason for its steep price increase compared to estimates from Trump and members of Congress.
Bernstein Research, an investment research group that tracks material costs, has said that uncertainties around the project could drive its cost up to as much as £20bn.
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